Milan – Brussels

On July 1, 1948 at 12:20 PM, Milan – Brussels experienced a crash involving Fiat G.212, operated by Avio Linee Italiane - ALI, with the event recorded near Keerbergen Flemish Brabant.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Brussels-Zaventem Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls, low visibility and a ceiling at 100 meters. In such conditions, the captain overshot the runway in Zaventem and was unable to land. He increased power on all three engines and continued to the northeast. Few minutes later, he decided to land on a makeshift airfield in Keerbergen but during the last turn to the left, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a field. Three passengers and a crew member survived while all eight other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-ELSA, MSN 04, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.0038°, 4.6291°.